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Discovery, space station maneuver to dodge debris

Washington (AFP) March 23, 2009 - Discovery and the International Space Station maneuvered to avoid debris during Monday's spacewalk, dropping into a lower orbit, NASA officials said.

Mar 23, 2009

DPRK To Close Two Air Routes For Rocket Launch

Tokyo (XNA) Mar 23, 2009 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will close two aerial routes through its controlled airspace from April 4 to 8 for its planned communications satellite launch, Japan's transport ministry said Saturday, according to Kyodo News.

Mar 23, 2009

Discovery astronauts complete final spacewalk

Washington (AFP) March 23, 2009 - Discovery astronauts ended their third and final spacewalk on Monday on a slight down note, unable to fix a jammed cargo carrier system, NASA said.

Mar 23, 2009

Astronauts fail to budge stuck cargo carrier

Washington (AFP) March 23, 2009 - The Discovery astronauts were unable to dislodge a stuck cargo carrier system during their third and final space walk Monday, and carried on with their busy to-do list on the orbiting space station, NASA said.

Mar 23, 2009

UW Scientists One Step Closer To Stopping Bone Loss During Spaceflight

Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 23, 2009 - Bone loss in long-duration spaceflight has been identified for decades as a significant problem affecting astronauts.

Mar 23, 2009

Astronauts complete final space walk

Washington (AFP) March 23, 2009 - Discovery astronauts ended their third and final space walk on Monday on a slight down note, unable to fix a jammed v,cargo carrier system, NASA said.

Mar 23, 2009

Debris Avoidance Maneuver Status

Houston TX (SPX) Mar 23, 2009 - At 4:31 p.m. EDT, space shuttle Discovery completed maneuvering the shuttle-space station stack 180 degrees to the undock attitude, placing Discovery in front of the space station as they travel through space.

Mar 23, 2009

Discovery crew readies for third spacewalk

Washington (AFP) March 23, 2009 - Astronauts from the US space shuttle Discovery prepared for a third and final spacewalk Monday, with a busy to-do list that may include unsticking a jammed restraint pin used to clamp a toolbox to the outside of the International Space Station.

Mar 23, 2009

NASA weighs repair of jammed pin in third spacewalk

Washington (AFP) March 22, 2009 - Discovery astronauts prepared for a third and final spacewalk Monday, with a busy to-do list that may include unsticking a jammed restraint pin used to clamp a toolbox to the outside of the International Space Station.

Mar 22, 2009

ATK Delivers Final Hardware For Ares I-X Test Flight

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 20, 2009 - The train carrying Alliant Techsystems' four Ares I-X motor segments arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, bringing together all of the final hardware required for the upcoming test flight this summer.

Mar 20, 2009

Space station’s solar wings unfurled

Washington (AFP) March 20, 2009 - The huge solar wings on the International Space Station (ISS) were successfully unfurled Friday, paving the way for the orbiting laboratory to power up to its full capacity for the first time.

Mar 20, 2009

Space Station Construction Visible In Backyard Telescopes

Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 20, 2009 - Talk about a big construction project... Astronauts are about to add a pair of 115-foot-long solar wings to the International Space Station.

Mar 20, 2009

ILS And SES Announce Three New Proton Launches

Reston VA (SPX) Mar 19, 2009 - International Launch Services (ILS) and SES have announced three new launch assignments under the Multi Launch Agreement that was signed in June 2007 between ILS and SES Satellite Leasing Limited, SES' satellite procurement and leasing company in the Isle of Man. T

Mar 19, 2009

Discovery astronauts begin space walk

Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009 - Two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery exited the International Space Station Thursday and began the first of three space walks, NASA's television commentator said.

Mar 19, 2009

Russia plans to resume space tourism

Moscow (UPI) Mar 19, 2009 - Russia says its could offer more seats than ever to space tourists when the program begins again in two to three years.

Mar 19, 2009

Bat Hung Onto Shuttle During Liftoff

Cape Canaverl FL (SPX) Mar 19, 2009 - A bat that was clinging to space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during the countdown to launch the STS-119 mission remained with the spacecraft as it cleared the tower, analysts at NASA's Kennedy Space Center concluded.

Mar 19, 2009